2010 Cinemania French Film Festival, November 4-14, 2010

The 16th Cinemania French Film Festival gets underway starting tonight at Montreal's Imperial Theatre. Billed as the "leading French film festival in the Americas," all of the films are shown with English subtitles. They will screen 30 feature films from around the world, each film screening twice at the Imperial. Tonight's opening gala is Copacabana starring the renowned actress Isabelle Huppert. Huppert and director Marc Fitoussi will be in attendance at the screening. The closing night feature is Potiche with an all-star cast featuring Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini, Gérard Depardieu, Karin Viard, Jérémie Renier and Judith Godrèche.

The rest of the lineup looks to be equally impressive. Un homme qui crie (A Screaming Man)  
was winner of the Prix du Jury (jury prize) at the Cannes Film Festival and one of the best films I saw at the Toronto International Film Festival. Other award-winners include Lourdes, which was the winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the Venice Film Festival. Most of the films are Quebec and/or Canadian premieres if not North American premieres.
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Complete schedule for the 16th Cinemania French Film Festival

Thursday November 4    

7:30 PM
Copacabana; Opening Film

Friday November 5     

12:45 PM
Un homme qui crie (A Screaming Man)  

2:30 PM
Lourdes

4:30 PM
Copacabana 

7:00 PM
Une exécution ordinaire (An Ordinary Execution) 

9:00 PM
Djinns (Stranded)   

Saturday November 6

9:00 AM
La Sainte Victoire (Bitter Victory)
11:00 AM
Bazar (Bazaar)
1:00 PM
36 vues du pic St-Loup (Around a Small Mountain)
2:45 PM
Pieds nus sur les limaces (Lily Sometimes)  
5:00 PM
L'arbre et la forêt (Family Tree)
7:00 PM
Crime d'amour (Love Crime)    
9:15 PM
Une exécution ordinaire (An Ordinary Execution)    

Sunday November 7

9:00 AM
La Reine des pommes (Queen of Hearts)  
 
10:45 AM
Crime d'amour (Love Crime)    
1:00 PM
Djinns (Stranded)   

3:00 PM
La Rafle (The Roundup)
5:45 PM
Un homme qui crie (A Screaming Man)  

7:30 PM
Mensch
9:30 PM
Tout ce qui brille (All That Glitters)    

Monday November 8

1:00 PM
Une affaire d'État (State Affairs)    


3:00 PM
Lourdes
5:00 PM
Sommeil blanc (White Sleep)    
7:00 PM
Partir (Leaving)   
 
9:00 PM
L'arbre et la forêt (Family Tree)

Tuesday November 9

1:00 PM
Bazar (Bazaar)    
3:00 PM
La Reine des pommes (Queen of Hearts)  
 
4:45 PM
Partir (Leaving)    
6:45 PM
La Rafle (The Roundup)    
9:30 PM
Gardiens de l'ordre (Sphinx)    

Wednesday November 10

9:30 AM
Loup (Wolf)    
12:15 PM
Gardiens de l'ordre (Sphinx)    

2:30 PM
Mensch
4:30 PM
Pieds nus sur les limaces (Lily Sometimes)  
6:45 PM
Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront (Silent Voices)    
9:15 PM
L'Enfance du mal (Sweet Evil)     

Thursday November 11

9:45 AM
L'Enfance du mal (Sweet Evil)     

11:45 AM
Sommeil blanc (White Sleep)    
1:30 PM
La Sainte Victoire (Bitter Victory)
3:30 PM
Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront (Silent Voices)    

7:00 PM
L'autre Dumas (Dumas) 

9:15 PM
Une affaire d'État (State Affairs)     

Friday November 12

10:00 AM
L'autre Dumas (Dumas) 

12:15 PM
Illégal (Illegal)     Illégal

2:00 PM
Hors-la-loi (Outside the Law)    
7:00 PM
Happy Few
9:15 PM
Un soir au club (A Night at the Club)    

Saturday November 13

9:00 AM
Loup (Wolf)    
11:00 AM
Happy Few

1:15 PM
La Régate (The Boat Race)     
3:30 PM
36 vues du pic St-Loup (Around a Small Mountain)

5:15 PM
Tout ce qui brille (All That Glitters)    


7:15 PM
Un soir au club (A Night at the Club)    

9:15 PM
Comme les 5 doigts de la main (5 brothers)    

Sunday November 14

9:00 AM
Potiche
11:15 AM
La Régate (The Boat Race)     

1:15 PM
Comme les 5 doigts de la main (5 brothers)    

3:30 PM
Hors-la-loi (Outside the Law)    

6:00 PM
Illégal (Illegal)    

8:00 PM
Potiche; Closing Film

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Free Festival Catalog
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376 Mont-Royal Street East
380 Laurier Avenue West

L'Avenue Video
5343 Queen Mary
5669 Monkland
14c Westminster
WHEN > Thursday Nov. 4^th to Sunday Nov. 14^th, 2010

WHERE > THE IMPERIAL CINEMA - 1430 de Bleury
(Centre Sandra et Leo Kolber | Salle Lucie et André Chagnon)
Metro Place-des-Arts, rue de Bleury exit

TICKET PRE-SALE >
Wednesday Nov. 3^rd and Thursday Nov. 4^th
from noon to 9PM at the IMPERIAL CINEMA
PRICES >
General admission : 11,50 $
Students - Seniors (65+) : 9,50 $
Festival Pass (6 films) : 55,00 $
Opening Gala : 20,00$
 
BOX OFFICE >
IMPERIAL CINEMA - 1430 de Bleury Street
OPENS ONE HOUR prior to the first screening and CLOSES after the beginning of the last screening (check program)
* Schedule subject to change